iMarketSmart

JANUARY 10, 2024

AI and machine learning are the new buzzwords in the prospect identification field proposing yet another solution to the challenge of building caseloads of major donor prospects. But can they really help you fill a caseload with qualified major donor prospects better than other methods? These are the foundations of donor motivation.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

As you incorporate these tips, work at fostering genuine supporter relationships, and strategize ways to improve the donor experience, you can generate more reliable revenue streams over time. Boosting revenue starts with forming stronger ties with the people who support your mission: your donors. Personalize donor outreach.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Yes, a blog is vital to sharing stories about your organization and the passionate ambassadors you have on your team -but an e-newsletter goes one step further to keep your core audience of supporters and key donors up-to-date. Keep volunteers to donors informed on a regular basis by sending them a newsletter. Best Practices.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants tips on how to connect with and cultivate Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) donors: Dear Charity Clairity, My boss thinks we should get more funding through DAFs. In fact, the majority of DAF donors do not want to be anonymous. of those gifts were given anonymously.

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Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Last week, I blogged about leading in uncertain times. It's gotten the most feedback of any blog post this year. Are my best donors going to give now? Hint: Leaders, your team would love it if you spent even 30 minutes watching a video on how to use your donor database effectively.). See what I did there?).

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The Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

Investing in volunteer management software can help you better manage and communicate with program stakeholders, whether its current volunteers within your volunteer database , volunteer prospects you are hoping to convert, or members of your organizations board. You want to reduce data errors within your volunteer database.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

While your mission is what drives your nonprofit, your relationships with donors are what sustain it. The work you do wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of your donors, so it’s vital that you work to build genuine relationships that inspire them to continue giving. That’s where email automation comes in. Let’s dive in!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Monthly donors are exponentially valuable to nonprofits. Not only do recurring donors give more over the course of a year, but they also stick with you longer. You want to thank your donors as soon as possible. Make first-time donors feel welcome with a personalized thank-you email. Thank your supporters.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Monthly donors are exponentially valuable to nonprofits. Not only do recurring donors give more over the course of a year, but they also stick with you longer. You want to thank your donors as soon as possible. Make first-time donors feel welcome with a personalized thank-you email. Thank your supporters.

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Or mid-level donors. This can be a blog, a Facebook page, a podcast, a newsletter, an app, an event. Audubon chose a database. While Audubon chose a database, you have to include your email to access the results. Audubon is growing its database audience through content marketing and targeted online ads. Don't sell.

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iMarketSmart

MAY 20, 2022

“We don’t have the right people in our database.”. Of course, I disagreed, so I started asking how many of their top donors he had met with. This uncovered that he’d never met with the organization’s largest donor. Four weeks later, he gets a visit scheduled and the donor gave the largest gift in the history of the organization.

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Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 5, 2022

One of the interesting things of being an active blog for twenty years is you get to cover things like fundraising in a recession. A quick search shows blog posts on recession proof fundraising going back at least 14 years. No matter how strong an economy might be, rising inflation and falling stock markets shake donors.

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Jeff Brooks

JUNE 12, 2023

Blogs, webinars, and conferences might be giving you the impression these things are fundraising magic. Trying to motivate donors by telling them 9 million people need help and that your organization can help 15% in the next 8 months is a fool's errand. but if you aren't handling the basics right, the donor won't be feeling much love.

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Ann Green

JULY 14, 2021

Is your nonprofit database starting to look like a library without a librarian? Your nonprofit’s donor database is like a library. The same thing can happen to your nonprofit’s donor database. Now, your database looks like a library with several different coding systems. By Gabrielle Perham.

Nonprofits 67

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 25, 2022

You can also publish blog posts and image galleries to share stories about your fundraising events or memories with your volunteers. And you can host critical online donation tools on your site to maximize your funds, like a donation form and matching gifts database. Blog posts.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 8, 2023

Written by: Gabrielle Perham, MBA Reading Time: 5 minutes Most nonprofits experience some level of donor attrition over time. Whether a donor lapses because they lost interest in your organization or their capacity to give changed, it’s five times more cost-effective to regain lapsed donors than it is to recruit new ones.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. Myth 3: Candid’s databases are updated once a year. The post Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data appeared first on Candid Blog. Myth 1: “Candid grants data” is the same as “990 data.”

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iMarketSmart

JANUARY 31, 2024

You know they’re in there, somewhere in your donor database. You just need to find them – those small donors who could turn into major donors. For this article, we’re going to unpack how to do this with prospective major donor prospects who may have been hiding in your database for years, or may be relatively new.

Values 52

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to persuade leadership to get donor thank-you letters out sooner: Dear Charity Clairity, I just took a new job and have discovered they don’t get thank you letters out for two weeks. Especially smaller donors. To me, this is unacceptable. He thinks I’m nuts.

Activism 87

Activism Foundations Leadership Fundraising 87

Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Your nonprofit is quickly growing, bringing in more donations than ever before and fostering a strong donor base. While online giving platforms are an essential type of fundraising software, they aren’t the only tools that will help grow your fundraising results and build stronger donor relationships. Peer-to-peer fundraising pages.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Which strategies have worked well to keep donors engaged with your mission? Prioritize a streamlined user experience (UX) for donors. Make full use of your blog content. Donor data is most valuable if you’re able to capture and use it in future messages, engagement efforts, and more. Ensure your site is easy to maintain.

Fundraising 76

Fundraising Fundraising Activism Technology 76

Bloomerang

APRIL 24, 2021

Your data is melded with general database data to come up with profiles that identify those with particular “planned giving likelihood” for you. Each donor will receive a “likelihood” score. Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

5 Tips and Techniques to Raise More Money from Your Existing Donors Listen up—you’ve got a base of supporters already cheering you from the sidelines, right? Let’s walk through some savvy ways to encourage those existing donors to deepen their pockets—without making it feel like an awkward family reunion fundraiser.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

That means you need to make sure you don’t lose any of those donors you took such pains to acquire last year. For those of you on a different fiscal year, skip down to “Cleaning up your Prospect Database” and save this checklist for whenever the time is right for you. Most donors are well-intentioned; they’re just busy.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In the previous blog of this two-part series, we introduced our jillionaire friend, Bob, and his love of animals in his hometown to help illustrate what DAFs are all about. We also explored how he arrived at the decision to give his money to nonprofits that support his favorite animals in perpetuity through his own donor-advised fund.

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Affnetz

MARCH 14, 2024

Among the myriad of challenges they face, managing donor relationships, coordinating fundraising efforts, and optimizing volunteer engagement stand out as critical components in achieving their missions. In this blog, we dive into nonprofit management software, focusing on two prominent players: Salesforce and Affnetz.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 18, 2020

Between planning events and organizing information, everything you’re doing should serve to make the donor experience easier. Lucky for you, there are some high-quality fundraising tools that can streamline the donor process while also making your life easier. Donor database. That can be a lot! Communication tools.

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iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Because they think they “own” the donors they’ve worked with. Hire people because they’re so passionate about your cause they will do whatever it takes to get in front of the donors ALREADY IN YOUR DATABASE. Why fundraisers who position themselves as a counselor and guiding sage for donors raise more money.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

This means you can’t just slap anything on a page, send it to a donor, and expect great results. Your request for support should connect with the passion your donor or prospect already has for the work your nonprofit does. It’s a way to help them feel important and that they’re more than just a record in your database.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 17, 2024

Prospect research, RFM, wealth screeners, and other hands-off/arm’s-length methods of donor discovery can only work so well. In fact, we’ve written about five popular donor discovery methods that fail more than they succeed, and leave gaping holes in your organization’s fundraising that gift officers must struggle to fill.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Values Activism Fundraising 52

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ll explore a few strategies for integrating your digital and direct mail fundraising strategies to reach donors across various media channels. You should also look at content like past newsletters, social media and blog posts, and your website to see what types of images your organization typically uses. Let’s get started.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The California Attorney General’s office is charged with enforcing the provisions of the bill and is finalizing regulations that will allow the Attorney General to supervise online platforms to protect donors and charities from fraud and deceptive solicitations.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Start with stewardship Research suggests that meaningful donor connections with nonprofit organizations are a key factor in determining their giving patterns. So think about how you can use this time of year to focus on donor stewardship and relationship-building. Creating short, personalized thank you videos to share with supporters.

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Affnetz

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Prospective Donors List-Building Efforts. Blogs / By Mike Crum. Prospective Donors List-Building Efforts You are 7x more likely to get a gift from someone who has already given, so most of your fundraising efforts should focus on donors that have already given to your Nonprofit. You MUST grow your list of donors.

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iMarketSmart

JULY 21, 2023

Use this script for donors in your database you haven’t met with: “Good morning, Bob… Kevin Fitzpatrick with Acme Nonprofit. If you want to hear how the best major gift officers succeed (and fail) in fundraising… look no further The Secret to Booking More Visits LIKE THIS BLOG POST? Smile (when calling).

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Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 52

Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

An effective nonprofit mission statement draws supporters and donors to an organization. These codes identified which words talked about beneficiaries, donors, products/services, market (geography), technology, organizational survival, philosophy, self-concept, public image, or employees. appeared first on Candid Blog.

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